hope, for not all is lost.

Monday, October 13, 2008 7:03 PM

photo fast

TODAY I GOT SAD SAD NEWS.

there wun be any photos on my blog for a long long long time. !! !! !!

my dad will be using my com till his is fixed (earliest, end of this mth)

wah... means my load of photos and videos to be uploaded is gonna increase AGAIN. lol. lol.

so anw, to all my poor readers, i hope you dun mind reading my very boring posts.

next.

its true that without vision one casts off restrain. looking at my own life, i see how many times i've lost that vision that i once had in 2001. suddenly, without a vision, you feel like you're so free and able to do anythg and everything that you want. but in truth, you don't even know wad you're living for. its a horrible feeling. I'm thankful that God is gracious..

i feel that in this christian walk, its not neccessary to be a dynamic preacher, a great teacher, a charismatic pastor...

its not as needed to be gifted as it is needed to be persevering.

to keep holding on and keep cmg back, like a bu dao wong.

never give up

Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:37 PM

courage

HELLO. yes janice... its not finally la, just that i very busy to post okay.... in fact, i'm leaving for work in like half an hr!! LOL. anw... just some photos from andrew's wedding!! :) gotta clear all these photos in my com...

aft the wedding, which i practically rushed down in a cab too. (ps : i have no idea wad i was wearin, i just threw on a dress that seemed appropriate)

ZHEY. pretty liz... WOOOOOOOOO

YUMMY TOUFU> we poofed to WARAKU aft the wedding service

according to liz, shes doing her facial -.-

this is my ramen.. verdict : MOF STILL ROCKS MUCH MORE. even tho waraku is more ex, i feel the noodles at MOF still nicer. waraku's toufu is slightly better tho.

us waiting for a cab

all the following pictures are taken with a self-timer.. wooo. i think this is a nicest photo of them all. don't u think it looks abit like a picture taken out from a horror flick??

--> keep staring at the photo. a face might appear, or mayb even a hand. HAHAHHA

yea, apparently silly woman went to press the lift button, so the door wld open, and just nice my cam caught the moment. COOL HUH

us in the lift.

i had to run all the way to the other side!! LOL

spastic.

so yes, i noe i said its pictures from andrew's wedding.. and TA-DAH.. the one and only picture of him. LOL>

as for this, its a video.. (duh joy...) its a video of ken, mad n i giving andrew his wedding gift. for your info, we gave him the same thing at a previous wedding. wrapped it up really nicely...

if you didn't understand this vid at all..... you're STOOPID. haha. no la, just kidding. wad happened is that at a previous wedding, ken and mad, the childish culprits, wrapped the chicken head in the empty box which previously contained chocs. HAHAHA ok la ok la, i was involved oso. anw, we wrapped it up and gave it to andrew... ahahha, funnily, on his wedding, we decided to do the same thing. LOL

well, just goes to show you how much mr andrew put us through all these years. :P

but anw, MR YEO. if u ever read this.. CONGRATS. i dunno wad else to say leh. i mean... so funny, you're married already. i mean, not funny la, its great. . . remb how u used to always say stuff like "when i'm married, you all can haf cell at my hse" etc etc. those were the days huh.. when zone 3 first started out, and we were really really small, and u had to take care of all us rebellious kids (yes daph, i'm talking about u :P)

still remb when u brought mad, cheryl, and i to ikea. OH MY TIAN.

but honestly i won't forget those days.

thanks for always believing, not only in God's promises for your own life, but also for believing in me and that He still has a plan for me.

lastly, andrew, YOU ARE V IRRITATING.. but u're still one of the best leaders i've ever had. not becoz of any eloquence (i always laff at your english), but simply becoz i noe you care. and you are the most genuine person i have ever met. thanks for being YOU andrew. keep irritating people all over the world.

next.

"true faith takes courage"

discouragement is the opposite of courage isn't it? and true enough, i can't even begin to tell you the number of times i've let discouragement get the better of me.

is discouragement also the opposite of joy??

"discouragement is an enemy that is both subtle in its attack as well as powerful in its ability to paralyze our progress"

how many times have we been stopped in our tracks because o discouragment, or in other words, lack of courage.

how does it come??

"we become discouraged whenever we start evaluating our negative circumstances based upon information supplied by our senses"

and the antidote??

"form our opinion of life based on the promises and goodness of God"

we all lead and live our own lives, and each of us chooses our paths.

but i for one, don't want to live in a place of discouragement for the rest of my life. sure i can spend it living in condemnation and fear. condemnation because i wish so many times that i could just go back into time and do things a different way. fear because i'm so afraid that i've already missed out on the purposes of God.

but if i spend my whole life regretting and wishing, won't i just be WASTING MY LIFE AWAY. (yes,its my quote. "don't waste your life away")

(ps: i side track abit.. yest vic and her fren debra came to the shop. debra is my fellow alien. anw, she's hilarious la. she bought bubble wrap from popular for $1.15. and she started popping them, at the same time saying.. "pop your life away". hahah!

well, as funny as it was, it holds certain truth. because life is really short, and before you noe it, many of us might have just popped our lives away. )

anw.. back to my point. lets not live in discouragement.

not only does it hinder wad God wants to do in our lives, but it makes us waste precious time.

to everyone who is feeling discouraged about a certain something or someone.

---> lets not look at the circumstances from our human standpoint. will we be courageous enough to stand on the promises of God? to face our fears and stand. even if we don't noe the finally outcome. lets believe in God :)

simply believe.

Wednesday, October 08, 2008 9:22 AM

continue steadfastly

so today was my off day! woots. and at the end of a pretty tiring day, (even though its my off) i decided to pamper myself a little, and use this face mask!! it comes in a powder form, and i'm supposed to mix it with water. unfortunately, i failed terribly!!

this is wad i ended up with -.- oh my tian. so lame la.... at first it was v clumpy and i found it v hard to apply, so i kept adding more and more water till it became too watery to apply! sucky man.... the mask was like 6.90, and i used half the packet. so i practically wasted 3 bucks. AHHHH. silly hor...... :(

there goes my feeble attempt at pampering myself.! LOL

next.

so anyway, even though it was my off, i was out the whole of the afternoon and evening. with who else but the two crazy boys....

it was an enjoyable time as much as it was tiring.... but honestly, i dun mind the tiring part. BECOZ ITS MY OFF. WOOOO!!

they were shopping for prom outfits and fortunately we were able to find some suitable stuffs... anw... have fun browsing through these hilarious photos...

yummy kway chap and duck rice... the dinner option that we took a long time to decide to becoz of a certain person whos on a "fast-food-fast"... dieting he claims... -.-

the cap and specs were all bought during our shopping adventure (not by me tho' :P)

yes, i'm a failure at trying to capture all three of us. BUT MAYBE, my cam just doesnt wan to have their faces... u noe, my cam is gd at picking out handsome and pretty people!!

taken by s., who apparently didn't wan his face in it???

AHHHH... THE GLORY!!

mugshots of the pervertic geeks...!! the specs very pervertic rite??!?! like those kind that those uncle will wear... for your info, ITS SO NOT COOL. hhaha. but i must say v cute. LOL

finally a nice shot taken by xd.

s. acting cute..... the hilarious thing about this photo is the girls in the background. take a look, they are actually looking at my camera!!! OH MY TIAN. how vain can some ppl be... I NOT TAKING YOU LA!!!!!!.

reflections while waiting for mrt.

s. : wear ur cap and specs to prom nite ar!! dun forget, worst-case scenario, just keep running!! oh btw, dun forget to brg vits the next time round :P

xd : hope you're happy with your purchases. ! it was great to catch up with u aft so long :):) btw toilet paper rocks, and its still the most sincere thing ever !

xd was really shack and cranky at the end of the day....... >>>>>> "shopping is meant to be enjoyed!" -joy's quote

yes, a classic photo to end a very classic day of laughter and amusement.

thank you boys for reminding me that life can still be enjoyable :)

oh btw, i dropped by the shop at bugis and my colleague made a remark. she said i look younger than my friends (shes referring to the two boys above.) STEADY LA............. :P

next.

so i read miss L's blog. (FINALLY) yes, the photos are hilarious. but more than that, i love the testimony that her life bears. because of the choices she chose to make, and because she chose to believe in God's promise. more than that, because of her trust in and hope that God is a God who will take care of His people. I'm glad and thankful that God indeed proved himself to be faithful.

when i received her sms. i couldn't help smiling. because i felt it was like a breakthrough, and like a sense of freedom in that one tiny sms :)

it encourages me in my own walk. I'm not as focused as her, and i often need constant reminders that God is incharge. no matter how much i try to run and hide or deny it. His hand is still upon my life, and i'm thankful.

continue steadfastly.

thats the phrase thats been in my head... to continue, and continue, and continue.

as much as i feel dead and like a zombie. i noe, i must continue.

i wonder, will He still come through for me? inspite of everything. inspite of my past that can never be changed, will i still attain the promises He has made in my life, those promises that i do not even noe of yet?

"the reason why you're feeling all these things is because you have become so hard"

is that really true?? sigh.. how do i become a trusting person again?

"just follow wad God is telling you to do"

yea... sounds so simple. and i believe it is simple. but the thing is, will i be able to do that??

i truly am at the end of myself, as i have always been for the longest time.

the only thing i have left to do...

continue steadfastly :)